Combined distiller and cooker.



No. 780,851. 'PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

, Jfn. WILSON. I GOMBINBDDISTILLER AND 000mm.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10,1903- IWI TNSSES-- I I/NVENTOR v UNITEDSTATES Patented January 24, 19c 5. i

' PATENT. OFFICE.

JOSEPH 1). WILSON, or EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED DISTILLER ,AND, COOKER.

SPECIFICATION" formingpart of Letters Patent No. 780,851, dated January24, 1905.

Application filed September 10, 1903. Serial No. 172.666.

1'0 ML whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. WILSON, a citi- I zen of the UnitedStates, residing at East Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Distiller and Cooker, of which the following is aspecification. V

The object of my invention is to produce a combined distiller and cookerconstructed and arranged so as to unite a high degree of simplicity andefiiciency; and it consists in the combination and construction of partshereinafter described and claimed, whereby the operations of cooking anddistilling may be carried on at the same time with one apparatus.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of my improveddistiller and cooker; Fig. 2, a vertical cross-section thereof; Fig. 3,a vertical cross-section of an additional condensing device.

Like characters designate corresponding parts.

A is a boiler-section divided into the boiler 1 and the receptacle fordistilled water 2 2. i

The separation is elfected by an intercepting cone-shaped diaphragm C C,open at the top, which prevents the water of condensation from returningto the boiler 1, as the smaller end of the conical diaphragm is at thetop.

B is the cooking and distilling section,;composed of an outercylindrical shell B, fitted removably in the boiler-section A andcontaining several cooking utensils 3 4 5, so constructed and arrangedwith reference to the shell B and the receptacle 2 as to present largesurfaces for the condensation of steam and to return the water ofcondensation freely to the receptacle 2.

D, Fig. 3, shows a cylindrical shell fitted internally with an invertedfunnel. With this end in-view the bottom of the cooking utensil 3 ismade larger in area than the mouth of the diaphragm. C, so that itoverhangs the same. Said utensil 3 rests on lugs, which support it abovethe mouth of the diaphragm, and is of such a diameter as to allow freecirculation of steam between its side walls and the shell B. It isfitted with a tight cover, which is flat or slightly convex.

Above the utensil 3 and separated from it sufficiently to permitcirculation of steam between the two is the utensil 4, which rests on aninternal head in the shell B. The utensil 4, as shown, is an openperforated basket intended for eggs or vegetables. If desired, a tightpan may be substituted; but in that case the bottom edge of the pan mustbe provided with lugs to raise it from the bead and allow freecirculation of steam and return of water.

Above the utensil 4 is a third utensil 5, consisting of a pan which fitsinto the top of the shell B- and acts as a cover thereto and hastapering sides to allow the steam to circulate between it and the sidesof the shell. This pan is providedwith a cover 6, which when the pan isnot used may act as a cover to the shell B. The outer surface ofthecover is made flat and is bounded by an upright bead, thus providing afurther heating-surface upon which cooking utensils may be placed forwarming.

The attachment D may be used after filling it with cold water, asindicated in Fig. 3, by placing it directly on the boiler-section A,which produces a very simple still, or by placing it on top of thecooking and distilling section B after removing the utensil 5. In thisposition it will very efiectively complete the condensation of thesteam, which has been partially cooled against the internal walls ofsection B and the surface of the utensils 3 and 4. r

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A steam cooking and water-distilling apparatus comprising a vesselhaving a frustoconical partition in its lower portion providing aboiling-water space below it and a,

distilled-water-containing space above it, said frustoconical partitionhaving a central opening, a condensing device in the upper portion ofthe said vessel, and cooking vessels removably supported in the'saidvessel above the opening in the frusto-conical partition, substantiallyas described.

2. A steam cooking and water-distilling apparatus comprising areceptacle for boiling water, a frusto-conical partition above saidreceptacle, an outlet for distilled water above said partition, adistilling and cooking section above said partition, and a plurality ofvessels, adapted to fit in said distilling and cooking section, thelower of said vessels being constrilcted and arranged to overhang theinner edge of the partition and drain its surface condensate above saidpartition, substantially as described.

3. A steam cooking and Water-distilling apparatus comprising a vesselhaving a frustoconical partition in its lower portion, providing aboiling-Water space below it and a distilled-Water-containing spaceabove it, said frusto-conical partition having a central opening, acondensing device in the upper portion of the said vessel, and cookingvessels removably supported in the said vessel above the opening in thefrusto-conical partition and arranged to drain the condensate occurringon the outer surface thereof in to said distilledwater-containing space,substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the 8th day ofSeptember, 1903.

JOSEPH J). \VILSON. lVitnesses:

T. P. WILSON, \VILLIAM' R. Pi'riuN.

